When you take into account the fact that, on average, part-time workers are paid £4.44 less an hour, this has a huge impact on the earning potential of women.

Some areas in the country are much worse for gender disparity – in Clackmannanshire, for example, men earn 59 per cent more than women.

No areas in Scotland see the gender gap work the other way but across the UK, South Buckinghamshire, Denbighshire and Conwy in Wales, Hackney in London and Rossendale in Lancashire all see women earn slightly more.